NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 79 Season Opener! New System Mission (45)

On November 2012, 11, the Thunder's first game began.

They will face the Spurs at home in their first game of the season.

Lin Chuan looked at the system task that suddenly popped up in his mind: The Road to Defending the Title, took a deep breath, and stepped onto the court.

This system task was released suddenly. It appeared suddenly when I was at home early this morning.

The mission requirements this time were clearly written, requiring us to successfully defend the title this season.

And the rewards are even more exciting.

“Mission Reward: Peak Antetokounmpo’s overall quality + athletic ability.”

This reward just made up for Lin Chuan's weakness, and he couldn't help but sigh that this system was indeed designed to create a basketball overlord.

I can’t imagine that a player with average athletic ability has the ability to blow up the entire league.

If you add in Antetokounmpo's physical qualities, then he's truly a complete monster.

From now on, no one in the NBA will be able to match Lin Chuan's terrifying strength!
As soon as they entered the stadium, the home fans started cheering.

Just last year, the Thunder members brought their small city the first championship in history, and the fans are grateful to them and love them very much.

Especially when Lin Chuan came on the court, he received the loudest cheers, even louder than last year's FMVP Durant.

After Lin Chuan responded to everyone, he teased Durant in a low voice,

"It seems that someone is no longer as popular as me. Thunder needs a new king."

Durant shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to Lin Chuan.

Seeing that today's game was against the Spurs, Lin Chuan couldn't help but think of the games during the Olympics.

I simply have a connection with the Spurs.

We met them in the group stage, quarterfinals, and semifinals.

If Duncan had not been on the US team, he would even have played against the Spurs players all the way.

As the opening game of the championship, the first thing is not warm-up, but the awarding of last season’s championship rings!
The Thunder players took the rings, which made the Spurs players jealous.

They haven't made it to the finals in several years!

Lin Chuan took the ring and looked at it carefully.

The ring is emerald-shaped and inlaid with 16 carats of diamonds, which represents the Thunder's 16 wins in the playoffs.

On the front is the pure gold O'Brien Trophy. On the body of the trophy is the word "THUNDER" inlaid with diamonds, and above is the Thunder team logo made of various gemstones.

Around the ring are engraved the scores of every series they have played in the playoffs.

4-0，4-1，4-2，4-3。

From the first round to the finals, the Thunder lost exactly 0 to 3 games.

On the side, the date of their championship was engraved: 2012, and 1:3, commemorating their epic comeback in the finals.

The other side is also engraved with the name of the ring owner.

Lin Chuan turned the ring around and saw the word LINCHUAN made out of diamonds.

"Heh, I'm usually quite stingy, but I didn't expect that a huge amount of money was spent on making this championship ring."

Lin Chuan played with his championship ring and couldn't let it go.

If you take into account the cost of making this ring, one piece would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is almost the same as the amount of his one-year rookie contract.

You have to know that when the Thunder selected him, the contract he signed was only two years and $150 million, which was very cheap.

Shit, if I didn’t know I could make a ton of money in the future, I would really want to auction it off!
Lin Chuan thought to himself.

During the pre-match warm-up, Lin Chuan heard someone calling him.

"Hey, Lin!"

Lin Chuan turned around and saw Ginobili in GDP. "Congratulations, I didn't expect you to beat the US team."

Lin Chuan looked at his bald head and almost laughed out loud. He suppressed his laughter and said,
"I didn't expect you to beat the Spanish team either."

"If I were to create a miracle, I would be ahead of you."

Ginobili ignored Lin Chuan's strange expression and smiled.
"But we have to beat you in this game and get off to a good start."

"It all depends on your ability."

If they want to beat last season’s champions, it depends on whether they have the ability to do so!

Lin Chuan still remembers it! These three GDP players are ranked above him in the new season. If he doesn't beat them in this game, he is not Lin!

Without saying too much, the warm-up session finally ended, and the first game of the Thunder, the new king of the league, is about to begin!
After the warm-up, both sides' starting players came on the field.

Thunder roster

During the jump ball, the person jumping with Lin Chuan this time was not their center Split from last season, but Tim Duncan, and the power forward was replaced by Boris Diaw.

It seems that Duncan has moved from power forward to center this season.

Whoosh!
The referee jumped the ball and threw it into the air.

Snapped!
Lin Chuan, who saw initial results from his training, jumped three feet high and passed the ball to Westbrook.

Westbrook took the ball and started running, stepped on the accelerator and passed Tony Parker in one step, rushed into the penalty area to attract Dio's defense, turned around and passed the ball back to Lin Chuan who was following closely.

Although Duncan is old, he has a very good awareness. As soon as Lin Chuan received the ball, he saw that Duncan had already got in front of him, leaving him no chance for an open mid-range shot.

Lin Chuan turned around and started to attack from behind.

But he found that Duncan was incredibly strong at this time.

After a few pushes, he retreated half a step.

With his back to the basket for more than three seconds, Lin Chuan directly held his central leg, pushed back, bumped into Duncan, and then turned around and did one-legged stand to hit the ball.

"Holy shit! Did you see that? This kid can even stand on one leg."

Shaq whistled to show his surprise, then moved his chair and poked Barkley.

"I can tell you didn't watch the Olympics. He used this trick in the final against the United States."

Barkley looked calm, but he was still surprised.

It is too comprehensive, with extremely rich offensive means.

"Would you like to gamble again?"

O'Neal teased Barkley.

"Bullshit! Shaq, I've been fooled once and I won't be fooled again! From now on, I will only believe that Lin Chuan can do anything!"

Barkley sounded annoyed. He felt bad when he thought about the last time he lost a thousand dollars to O'Neal because of Lin Chuan.

The Spurs attack.

At the beginning of the game, Parker did not choose to instruct his teammates to run tactics. He waved to Dio for a pick-and-roll and broke into the inside with a low body.

Facing Lin Chuan's defense, the moment the two of them got close to each other, they spun like a small top and went under the basket.

Shoot a low layup while facing the basket.

This trick worked every time he faced Lin Chuan during the Olympics. He wanted to make Lin Chuan remember again the memory that he could not defend himself against him!
"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, Lin Chuan blocked the shot directly and passed the ball to Westbrook the moment he landed. Westbrook rushed to the front court and swung the ball for a slam dunk, and the fans at the scene cheered loudly.

Only Parker himself remained stunned.

What's wrong with Lin Chuan? I used this trick to hit him five or six times in the Olympics, and he didn't defend it once. How come he got blocked directly in the new year? !

(End of this chapter)